Meet Preview
The Fighting Illini women's cross country team will be back in action this Friday, Sept. 13, when they travel to West Lafayette, Ind. for the Boilermaker Invitational. The 6K race will take place at the Boilermaker Cross Country Course, the site of the 2013 Big Ten Championships, and begin at 5:00 p.m. CT.

Coach Jones on the Meet
"This is an important meet for us," said Jones. "It will be our first time traveling, so we need to develop a comfort level with that. We'll be running a 6K race for the first time, and there will be a signifcant level of competition there since this is the Big Ten preview meet. We will give ourselves an opportunity to compete against Big Ten competition and see how we stack up."
focused on that. We're going to be prepared to do what we need to do."

A Look at the Competition
The Orange and Blue will compete against four other Big Ten schools, as Purdue, Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio State will be joining the Illini on the Boilermaker Cross Country Course.

Last Time Out
Two weeks ago, the Illini opened up the season by winning the Illini Challenge. The team scored 15 points and was led by Alyssa Schneider, who won the individual title with a 4K time of 14:24. Amanda Fox finished third overall with a time of 14:55, while Chloe Schmidt (15:00) and Natalie Wynn (15:05) finished fourth and fifth, respectively. Audrey Blazek made her collegiate debut, crossing the finish line seventh overall with a time of 15:34, while Michelle Frigo (15:44) and Valerie Bobart (15:48) rounded out the top-10, finishing eighth and 10th, respectively.